Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle vs French Grass

Anostirus castaneus compared with Euphorbia heleniana

Key Differences

• Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle is Least Concern while French Grass is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	French Grass
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Insecta (Insects)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Coleoptera (Beetles)	Malpighiales (Malpighiales)
Family	Elateridae	Euphorbiaceae
Genus	Anostirus	Euphorbia
Species	Anostirus castaneus	Euphorbia heleniana

Conservation Status

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

LC — Least Concern

French Grass

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle	French Grass
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

French Grass

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle

The Chestnut Coloured Click Beetle (Anostirus castaneus) is a species in the genus Anostirus. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.